To wonder when boobs went out and bums came in?

PrincessOfPreschool · 2026-08-23T21:40:45+00:00

Just come back from a beach holiday in Italy and both Dsis and I commented on lack of topless women. In 11 days I didn't see one! (Tbf, I wasn't scouring the sun loungers on the beach but not noticing even one seems odd). In the 80s and 90s when I was a teen/ young woman there were loads of topless women on European beaches. However, I did notice a huge number of thong bikinis, or the ones that really go up your bum and show off bum cheeks (even very young girls - preteens). Almost everyone wore one. What's caused this change? Just fashion changes? Why has it changed? Sis thought maybe greater US influence on Europe?

daisydaisydais128 · 26/08/2026 18:14

cinquanta · 26/08/2026 16:46

That was just plump. All over. As in rubenesque.

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Yes but a pear-shaped kind of plump, heavier in the hips than in the torso.

cinquanta · 26/08/2026 16:46

daisydaisydais128 · 26/08/2026 11:27

Yes… and also hundreds of year ago, I think the Renaissance era, in Europe.

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That was just plump. All over. As in rubenesque.

daisydaisydais128 · 26/08/2026 11:27

SewYellowLikeButter · 25/08/2026 22:52

Well among eurocentric and Asian countries. Big bums were celebrated in Latin America, the Caribbean, much of Africa…

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Yes… and also hundreds of year ago, I think the Renaissance era, in Europe.

SquidGinn · 25/08/2026 23:16

bookofbookies · 23/08/2026 23:00

They have fake bums & fake boobs!

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So?

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EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 23:01

@daisydaisydais128 yes that's true. I think men are almost hard-wired to look at womens bums..All I'm saying is there is probably more bums on show these days because of porn.. I don't know, perhaps using. " because" isn't right. I dunno. It just seems to go together

SewYellowLikeButter · 25/08/2026 22:52

CheerfulBunny · 25/08/2026 21:58

This. It's so ironic, having a big bum was the last thing you wanted once upon a time.

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Well among eurocentric and Asian countries. Big bums were celebrated in Latin America, the Caribbean, much of Africa…

Stormyrose · 25/08/2026 22:17

Good grief, some of these comments are bonkers, it’s nothing to do with porn and anal sex good grief, it’s just fashion and trends, no one wants to appear topless in someone’s Tik tok, strong is in, strong thighs , glutes etc,

strong will probably stay in as slim is achievable with meds, so it will be slim, toned, fit,

CheerfulBunny · 25/08/2026 21:58

Yetone · 23/08/2026 23:57

I think it is only in the last 20 years that pert well exercised bums have been fashionable. Before that iy was desirable to have a small bum. Hence the expression ‘ does my bum look big in this?’ We just don’t seem to say it any more.

This. It's so ironic, having a big bum was the last thing you wanted once upon a time.

daisydaisydais128 · 25/08/2026 21:54

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 13:05

Another user calls it the "pornification" of society. Porn prevalence. Boys of 12 and 13 are seeing anal sex. And of course older men. If you think you'll enjoy anal sex, then you probably enjoy looking at women's bums. It might be unspoken or not even understood but it's probably got a role in driving the tendency of ( some) women to show off their bums.

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There have been men who liked big bums way before the internet made porn widely available.

daisydaisydais128 · 25/08/2026 21:52

Littlemissstar90 · 25/08/2026 10:28

True, but thick thighs and big bums have still been in. Small thighs and bums like mine, with a natural thighs gap haven't been the beauty standard for the last few years. That's why women at the gym work on their legs and glutes to get the desired shape of big booty and legs!

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True, but having a small butt and legs hasn’t stopped women from being considered attractive… it’s not like having small breasts!

SewYellowLikeButter · 25/08/2026 18:40

Littlemissstar90 · 25/08/2026 10:28

True, but thick thighs and big bums have still been in. Small thighs and bums like mine, with a natural thighs gap haven't been the beauty standard for the last few years. That's why women at the gym work on their legs and glutes to get the desired shape of big booty and legs!

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Thigh gaps are still very much in. Just with a big bum too. Which I’m sure you can imagine is a difficult combo to have.

DurinsBane · 25/08/2026 18:19

I think big bums became fashionable round about 2010. Because that it was big boobs and small bums!

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 18:17

@cinquanta it's fine if you don't see it. No worries

cinquanta · 25/08/2026 17:59

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 14:01

I won't pretend I have a lot of experience with this but I think anal sex is quite likely to show bum cheeks ( as well as more close-up shots).

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So are other sex positions that don't involve anal sex.

I think some people are letting their imagination get the better of them.

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 16:37

tanoshi · 25/08/2026 16:35

Sorry but I'm not getting this.
So what about tight t shirts or tight leggings that stretch across the body. Does that mean that the correlation to body part = porn consumed by teen boys/older men is a porn prevalence also?

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Yes. I reckon so

tanoshi · 25/08/2026 16:35

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 13:05

Another user calls it the "pornification" of society. Porn prevalence. Boys of 12 and 13 are seeing anal sex. And of course older men. If you think you'll enjoy anal sex, then you probably enjoy looking at women's bums. It might be unspoken or not even understood but it's probably got a role in driving the tendency of ( some) women to show off their bums.

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Sorry but I'm not getting this.
So what about tight t shirts or tight leggings that stretch across the body. Does that mean that the correlation to body part = porn consumed by teen boys/older men is a porn prevalence also?

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 14:01

cinquanta · 25/08/2026 13:56

I think the link to anal sex is a bit of a stretch.

They aren't seeing any bum holes. Which, as far I am aware, is what anal sex is all about.

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I won't pretend I have a lot of experience with this but I think anal sex is quite likely to show bum cheeks ( as well as more close-up shots).

cinquanta · 25/08/2026 13:56

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 13:05

Another user calls it the "pornification" of society. Porn prevalence. Boys of 12 and 13 are seeing anal sex. And of course older men. If you think you'll enjoy anal sex, then you probably enjoy looking at women's bums. It might be unspoken or not even understood but it's probably got a role in driving the tendency of ( some) women to show off their bums.

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I think the link to anal sex is a bit of a stretch.

They aren't seeing any bum holes. Which, as far I am aware, is what anal sex is all about.

EmailsaysOOO · 25/08/2026 13:05

tanoshi · 24/08/2026 06:39

is it really. First I've heard

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Another user calls it the "pornification" of society. Porn prevalence. Boys of 12 and 13 are seeing anal sex. And of course older men. If you think you'll enjoy anal sex, then you probably enjoy looking at women's bums. It might be unspoken or not even understood but it's probably got a role in driving the tendency of ( some) women to show off their bums.

cinquanta · 25/08/2026 10:47

Littlemissstar90 · 25/08/2026 10:28

True, but thick thighs and big bums have still been in. Small thighs and bums like mine, with a natural thighs gap haven't been the beauty standard for the last few years. That's why women at the gym work on their legs and glutes to get the desired shape of big booty and legs!

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There are plenty of women at my (ladies only) gym putting a lot of effort into making their thighs and bums smaller.

Including me.

Littlemissstar90 · 25/08/2026 10:28

jimmyateworld · 25/08/2026 07:22

But the Kardashian’s don’t have thick thighs, that’s why their fake bums look so silly as the legs don’t match lol

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True, but thick thighs and big bums have still been in. Small thighs and bums like mine, with a natural thighs gap haven't been the beauty standard for the last few years. That's why women at the gym work on their legs and glutes to get the desired shape of big booty and legs!

Flamingpantoufles · 25/08/2026 10:02

Yes, but this has been a thing for quite a while now as various ppl up-thread have said. I reckon it's a combination of broadening of beauty ideals and rejection of the western waif look but with a bit of growing porn prevalence woven in. The former seems a positive thing but unfortunately it's all just become another way to create very narrow body ideals that women have to live up to rather than just being happy to have healthy bodies that work. I'm sure it'll swing in another direction soon and we'll be sold some other ideal and women will have different unnecessary surgeries to conform to that.

Catullus5 · 25/08/2026 09:48

hardshoulderr · 25/08/2026 06:50

@shadowsinthegroceryline on this "ridiculous thread "where you are, thru do mention that song but that's not very long ago -in fact it's comparatively recently. We're talking about the comparison to the late 70s and early 80s.

Fat Bottomed Girls?

(Queen, 1978).

cinquanta · 25/08/2026 08:44

This is one of those threads where you need to keep what you really think to yourself, otherwise somebody is going to get upset.